Fiddle Tips from Darol Anger: Chopping

Darol Anger (artistworks.com...) gives you a great tip for doing the infamous chop on fiddle. You can learn all this and more online at ArtistWorks, plus get feedback on your playing from Darol Anger through our patented Video Exchange Learning® process. Click the link for more info and free sample lessons!

[@E_FoxSnowspirit]

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[@ShawnBoucke]

The definition of easier said than done. I'm slowly wrapping my head around getting comfortable with this movement. Would this be also considered strum bowing or is that a bit different?

[@teeteejay]

strum bowing is a concept of playing all the subdivisions, but only letting some ring out and muting the rest. Tracy Silverman of Turtle island string quartet coined the term. It's more of a way of thinking than a sound effect. I think it's definitely possible to integrate strum bowing with chopping, either vertically (chop + lift) or horizontally (chop + up bow*). It will be considered strum bowing as long as you keep moving your bow alternatingly. Once you flip the direction or rest for a subdivision, then it's no longer strum bowing. *By Up Bow, i mean playing a solid note with a horizontal motion

[@JimPlattes]

One problem with five string violins: The string spacing is too narrow.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

But they've worked around that issue by making the neck a teeny bit wider.

[@enviosinterdimencionales8612]

ah, ricochet.